James Ellis Ford has been hidden in plain sight for his entire two-decade-long career. The composer, multiinstrumentalist, producer and songwriter has worked with some of the biggest names in music, from Arctic Monkeys to Depeche Mode via Foals, Gorillaz and Kylie Minogue and as part of Simian Mobile Disco and The Last Shadow Puppets’ touring… Read more »
Kero Kero Bonito are a band from London, England. The trio met on an internet forum in 2013; singer Sarah was born in Nagoya to a Japanese mother and British father, before moving to Kenilworth, UK at the age of 13. Producers Gus and Jamie have been friends since school. From their inception KKB has… Read more »
“I’ve always liked the quote: “Sleep, those little slices of death – how I loathe them.” So reckons Matt Baty of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, vocalist and lyricist of a band as comfortable wading through the darker quarters of their subconscious as they are punishing ampstacks. Whether dwelling in the realm of… Read more »
Led by guitarist and singer Patrick Stickles, NY/NJ’s Titus Andronicus—named after a play by William Shakespeare—have a raucous and individual take on punk rock that embraces the fast and loud parts of the formula but leaves room for indie rock, garage rock, classic rock, and folk influences as the band careen through it all with… Read more »
A multi-instrumentalist, Zajac grew up in Edinburgh, singing and playing Scotland’s oldest national instrument, the Clarsach Harp. Between 2016 and 2020 she fronted the folk-blues trio Avocet, before moving onto the solo acoustic work which so beautifully shaped the songs from the aforementioned 2022 debut. It was while studying English Literature at Glasgow University that… Read more »
Los Campesinos! formed in Cardiff in 2006 and All Hell is their seventh full-length release following Hold On Now, Youngster… (2008), We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (2008), Romance is Boring (2010), Hello Sadness (2011), NO BLUES (2013) and Sick Scenes (2017). The band consists of Gareth (vocals), Tom (lead guitar), Neil (guitar), Kim (vocals,… Read more »
Sam achieved instant cult hero status when Late Of The Pier broke big, the band shining a light on his wandering talents. Bruised by hard touring and the record business, he began to retreat, embracing a nomadic working style oblivious to space and time. Inji dropped in 2015, establishing his off-kilter pop sound as a… Read more »
Jungle are back in 2023 with their new album ‘Volcano’. This record builds upon the success of the 2021 album ‘Loving in Stereo, which was met with critical and commercial success, becoming one of the most acclaimed albums of the year. With ‘Volcano’, Jungle has once again proven themselves to be one of the most… Read more »
Formed in 2010 in Montclair, NJ by childhood friends Evan Stephens Hall and drummer Zack Levine, Pinegrove was named after a “beautiful and regulated, yet natural and messy” grid of pine trees on Evan’s college grounds. ‘The Pinegrove’ was a place of introspection, repose and spiritual serenity, and a place he had established to be… Read more »
‘Making A Door Less Open’, the latest album from Car Seat Headrest and the first set of brand new songs since 2016’s Teens Of Denial. Created over the course of four years, ‘Making a Door Less Open’ is the result of a collaboration between Car Seat Headrest, led by Will Toledo, and 1 Trait Danger,… Read more »